Back Office Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Back Office
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Back Office in contract job vacancies in Edinburgh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Back Office over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 63 76
Rank change year-on-year 0 +13 +26
Contract jobs citing Back Office 3 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.52% 0.35% 0.22%
As % of the General category 0.73% 0.47% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £334
25th Percentile £413 - £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £438
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.46%
75th Percentile £438 - £516
90th Percentile - - £551
Scotland median daily rate £425 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -17.07% +2.50% +40.45%

All General Skills
Edinburgh

Back Office falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 409 423 680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 70.40% 74.73% 76.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 228 412
10th Percentile £170 £192 £182
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £482
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -6.54% +1.37%
75th Percentile £550 £534 £569
90th Percentile £625 £627 £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +2.78% -10.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 20 18
10th Percentile £16.85 £19.29 £12.85
25th Percentile - £21.03 £16.62
Median hourly rate £17.87 £24.09 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.82% -46.47% +146.78%
75th Percentile £45.75 £24.30 £62.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £37.86 £70.00
Scotland median hourly rate £17.87 £24.00 £22.87
% change year-on-year -25.54% +4.94% +35.05%

Back Office
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Back Office relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Back Office job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Back Office
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Back Office.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Back Office

Back Office
Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Back Office.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Back Office

Back Office
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (33.33%) Angular Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) AngularJS
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) Express.js
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
1 2 (66.67%) Node.js
1 2 (66.67%) REST
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Android
1 1 (33.33%) Apple iOS
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
1 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft